Over the past 23 months on Merch Pursuits, there’s always been one thing that constantly amazes me: the amount of opportunity that presents itself in world of Print on Demand.

We’ve seen a lot of extremely useful Merch Resources pop up, such as Merch Informer, Pretty Merch, or Merch Buddy. I even capitalized on this market by creating a website called Merch Ready Designs, which is a website that allows you to purchase pre-made Merch by Amazon designs that are “ready to upload”.

The part I never really got into was WHY I created MRD in the first place. Essentially, I had become so efficient at outsourcing that I ended up with hundreds of stockpiled designs, but not enough slots in my Merch account to upload them all. I guess you could say MRD was created as a way to sell my unused designs.

Have you ever wished for more data in your Merch dashboards? I know I have.

I’ve always wanted the ability to see things like what color t-shirts sold, what some of my top-selling shirts are, or whether my shirts were sold to a man, woman, or child. Unfortunately, there’s no easy way to find these things with the built-in analytics.

If you’ve been craving more metrics, then you’re about to be very glad you read this post.

Have you ever thought to yourself, “Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to reuse common brand names, titles, or bullets in your Merch by Amazon listings? Of course you have. We all upload more designs in niches that are selling well for us. We also upload designs variations, color variations, and make change designs to our best-selling designs in order to maximize profits.

Update 5/29/18: A new tool called Merch Buddy has emerged. I recommend this over MerchText.

A few months ago, I was introduced to a Chrome Extension called Merch Check.

What is Merch Check, you ask?

Merch Check is a simple Chrome extension that allows you to check the copyright of a word, phrase, or quote without ever having to leave the webpage you are on! Whatever phrase you type in is automatically checked against the uspto.gov (TESS) database of officially registered trademarks.

Update 5/1/17:I just discovered an incredibly handy Chrome extension called MerchTools. MerchTools simplifies the process of bulk editing t-shirt prices, but this post will go into detail about why it’s important to change prices of unsold designs, so you should still read through this post. I’m adding MerchTools to my Resources page, and will be reviewing it in-depth soon.

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about a simple method I use to “rescue” t-shirts that were about to be removed by Amazon. I’ve gotten a few emails about that, so I decided to turn it into a short blog post. I’ve had some pretty decent success with this method, so I thought I’d share.

That’s it. Nothing else matters. The thing that sets Merch apart from other POD’s is the fact that we don’t have to do any marketing to make sales.

I’ve mentioned in previous income reports that 100% of my sales were organic. That still holds true today. I have spent a grand total of $0 on marketing since I started, and have made around $2,000 in royalties in just 6 months.

A few weeks ago, Elaine Heney (host of the Merch Entrepreneur podcast) reached out to see if I wanted to be on her podcast. I was a listener way before being on the podcast – so needless to say, I was pretty stoked to be on the show.

Not only is Elaine a successful Merch seller herself, but she’s has interviewed some very successful Merch sellers like Chris Green, Michael Essek, Ryan Tomlinson, and Daniel Caudill.